9th Grade General Science
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Is Supplemental Creatine Worth The Risk For Athletes?
Research how creatine powders and supplements are used to help athletes train. What are the pros and cons and using it? Is it worth it?
Friday, November 8, 2013
Dialysis OR Organ Transplant Rejection
Choose one of the topics below to research:
1) Dialysis: Explain in detail how dialysis works? How often do people use it and why do they need to?
OR
2) Research how protein membranes are involved in organ transplant rejections. How do they (the doctors) combat this problem?
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The Importance of Sleep
Research why sleep is so important to health, learning, and memory formation. Include details and statistics about why you should make it a priority in your daily life.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Fossil Evidence for Bacteria
What fossil evidence exists for bacteria? How do scientists know bacteria existed 3.5 BYA? Include examples of the evidence they have. (Hint: look up stromatolites)
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Evidence of the Endysymbiosis Theory
Research what the Endosymbiosis Theory is and summarize it. Provide four pieces of evidence used to support it and explain the evidence so your audience can understand it.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Enzyme Research
For this week's topic, you can pick one of the two topics about enzymes that you are most interested in learning about.
1) Research some real world examples of inhibitors that stop enzymes from working. Are these example inhibitors detrimental or helpful? Explain. (hint: poisons, pesticides, herbicides, etc are inhibitors)
OR
2) Research why people become lactose intolerant. What is causing this enzyme to not work on lactose? What are the symptoms? What can the people who have this mutated enzyme do about it?
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